Andre Yew

No, not really. I was thinking more of a smoke test as a sanity check: pick a few (closest to the mean?), maybe include a few outliers (1 standard deviation out?)  to make sure something else ...

Jim, I'm curious if you've visually compared those frames to both validate the results and also to see how much of a visual difference they might make, or maybe post them to let other people see ...

DX mode will still crop: it does not take information from the whole sensor, otherwise there would be no crop factor when you film in DX mode. 4k is about 8MP, so even on the Z6, full readout of ...

Yes, that is correct: AF accuracy and consistency. Speed is negligibly slower for me, but it may be slower if you're shooting in very low light levels. I was exposing at ISO1600, f/1.8, 1/320 so ...

I'll offer a slightly different perspective, having used a Z7 last weekend with the FTZ almost exclusively with a bunch of SLR lenses (28E, 58G, 105E, and the Sigma 50-100) for my usual subjects. ...

It's not a noise thing (though that is still a thing, because there are different ways of binning which affects how the noise is reduced), but an aliasing thing, both in color and luminance. FWIW, ...

I can only guess, but there are several possibilities even if you could read raw data off the chip at 4k60: - Expeed processor doesn't have the bandwidth to offload 4k60 - not enough processing ...

There could be another bottleneck downstream of the sensor that prevents 4k60 even if they could read 120FPS off every pixel on the sensor. I'm also guessing there's some data being tossed too, ...

I'll say upfront that I think I got a lemon Nikon, and I've sent a note to LensRentals about it, but the results may still be interesting to some people. I've dropped the camera off at FedEx ...

They're used to me by now, so I can have the D500 going full-tilt in the studio and not worry too much. :) But more seriously, noise is definitely something to be aware of, and I did try the ...

I would say that the Z7 is a different animal than the D500, and you would need to change how you shoot with each camera. The D500/50-100/1.8 combo is probably the best high-speed dance setup you ...

It could be an AF issue though his fuzzy photo of the bird looks more like motion blur or camera shake to me.

Wait, you've tested this out with a Smallrig plate already?

I accidentally used AF-C with a single AF point this afternoon when I was shooting a long-distance aperture series (comparing the 35S to the 35/1.4 Milvus), and I didn't notice a difference ...

I was testing a Z7 I rented from LensRentals this weekend, and used a really old RRS baseplate I had laying around --- it's so old that I think it's from the previous owners at RRS as the plate ...

Not Jim, but I'd also recommend checking out the Tokina 90/2.5 "Bokina". It's a bit more available and much cheaper than the excellent 125 APO Lanthar. It will go down to 1:1 with its optional ...

Another sign that it should work is that they make an FTZ support piece that screws into the front of that L-plate. https://www.smallrig.com/smallrig-lens-adapter-support-for-nikon-ftz-mount-adapte ...

FWIW, I've never had trouble with EFCS/liveview and strobes on my D850. I shoot at or below sync speed with manual (dumb) strobes.

As Jim notes, his tests are done at 55 cm, while Lloyd's is probably much further away because he's doing landscape. The lens's behavior can change at different focusing distances, but Lloyd is ...

Thanks for the example! And now I have to apologize for asking an off-topic question: how do you like the fresnel lens for the Aputure? Can you get a very sharp cutoff similar to what you see in ...